Day 1 – Tuesday 18th October

Recordings presentations morning Day 1 (18/10/2022) - LINK:
https://youtu.be/lq9ydj9Jhns

Recordings presentations afternoon Day 1 (18/10/2022) - LINK:
https://youtu.be/kxIgb42HQ9s

09:00 – Welcome and registration
09:30 – Opening addresses
10:00 – The LIFE Safe for Vultures – review of the project and the action on supplementary feeding, Fiammetta Berlinguer, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, LIFE Safe for Vultures
10:30 – Implementation, Monitoring and Impact of Supplementary Feeding Stations for Griffon Vultures: A review of the scientific literature, Julien Terraube, VCF
11:00 – The Sardinia regulation on supplementary feeding, Sara Rebecca Cagelli, Servizio Veterinario Igiene degli Allevamenti e delle Produzioni Zootecniche ASL 1, Sassari
11:30 – Coffee-break
12:00 – Feeding sites for vultures and other birds of Prey in Italy, Fulvio Genero, VCF
12:30 – The role of the centralized feeding stations in Sardinia, Marco Muzzeddu, Agenzia Regionale Forestas 12:45 - The activities of the CFVA in the project and the relationship with theterritory, Commissario Superiore Giovanni Tesei, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna - Corpo Forestale e di Vigilanza Ambientale
13:00 – Lunch
15:00 – Supplementary feeding for Vultures in Spain: current situation, legislation, volumes and impacts, Ruben Moreno-Opo, MITECO
15:30 – Supplementary feeding in France: the system of farm-feeding stations: regulation and practice, Raphael Neouze, LPO/VCF
16:00 – Griffon usage of supplementary feeding in Bulgaria, Volen Arkumarev, BSPB
16:30 – Supplementary feeding and food availability for griffons in the Balkans, Uros Pantovic, VCF
17:00 – Operating a farm-feeding station in Sardinia – the view from the field, Ilaria Fozzi, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, LIFE Safe for Vultures
17:30 –Movements of released griffon vultures in Sardinia: what do they tell us?, Jacopo Cerri, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, LIFE Safe for Vultures

Day 2 – Wednesday 19th October

Recordings presentations morning Day 2 (18/10/2022) - LINK:
https://youtu.be/K7e73NiSeMw

09:00 - Supplementary feeding for griffons – problems, challenges and opportunities. Context for discussion, José Tavares, VCF
09:30 - Supplementary feeding and ecosystem services: Methodologies to quantify scavenging services and carrying capacity, Julien Terraube, VCF
10:00 – Past and current role of supplementary feeding sites for scavengers to mitigate lead intoxication impact in two high hunting density scenarios. Comparison between the Alps and Massif Central/French Pre-Alps, Enrico Bassi, Stelvio NP - VCF
10:30 –Role and priority of supplementary feeding in the conservation strategy of griffon vultures in the Apennines, Mario Posillico/Mario Cipollone, Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità Castel di Sangro, Rewilding Apennines
11:00 - The role of feeding points for scientific research, monitoring and ecotoxicological investigations. Pierpaolo Storino/Alessandro Andreotti, ISPRA
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 – workshop 1: what are the main bottlenecks in adopting more flexible supplementary feeding regulations (Peninsular Italy, Cyprus, Portugal). Facilitated by José Tavares, VCF and Fiammetta Berlinguer, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, LIFE Safe for Vultures
13:00 – lunch
15.00 – workshop 2 methods to monitor impact of supplementary feeding stations, implementation good practice. Facilitated by Julien Terraube, VCF and Jacopo Cerri, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, LIFE Safe for Vultures
16:30 – Conclusions

Day 3 – Thursday 20th October – fieldtrip

10:00 - Departure from the Hotel Catalunya 
11:30 - Approximately arrival in Bosa ( loc Badde Orca) 
-Trekking to the main griffon vulture breeding colonies with a visit to a farm feeding station
-Packed lunch provided by the organisation
16:30/17:30 - Return to the hotel 

Realizzato con il Patrocinio di Fondazione Alghero e del Comune di Alghero